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9781932663204

Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968: We Shall Overcome, Some Day (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki

Noted historian Mitch Yamasaki’s anthology features speeches, oral histories, and writing of political leaders, civil rights leaders, and many of the average citizens who fought…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-20-4 (2nd ed.)     Price: 7.95     102 pages, paperback

9781878668929

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril
by Karl E. Valois

For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other, on the brink of potential nuclear disaster as they…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-92-9     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

9781878668813

The Korean War: Limits of American Power
by Karl E. Valois

The words of President Truman, General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and others, reporters’ stories, and letters from soldiers shed light on the war, which…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-81-3     Price: 7.95     60 pages, paperback

97819326631413

The Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved (2nd ed.)
by Mitch Yamasaki

Through a collection of original source documents and the words of those who lived through it, The Vietnam War gives insight into the historic background…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-14-13     Price: 7.95     70 pages, paperback

9781579600815_M

The Civil Rights Movement
by Pat Perrin

Set against the background of discrimination and violence against African-Americans in the early and middle 20th century, this volume introduces the ideas and people behind…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-081-5     Price: $8.95     Paperback, 56pp